“My chief assets drive out
the gate every day. My job is to make sure they
come back.”
So says Jim Goodnight, CEO
of SAS, a leading business analytics
software
and services company. SAS is a perennial member of
FORTUNE
magazine's annual 100 “Best Companies to
Work For” and is #1 this year.
The Partnership for Public
Service and Grant Thornton LLP
recently
published “Closing
the Gap: Seven Obstacles to a
First-Class Federal
Workforce,” the latest in a
series of reports dating back
to 2007 that
summarize
interviews with the federal
government’s senior HR
executives,
the Chief Human
Capital Officers (CHCOs). This
year, the
interviews–with 68
CHCOs and other key HR
leaders–focused on how to
bridge the gap between today’s
government workforce policies
and
practices, and what they
should be in the future.
Many ASPA members probably
know about the nonprofit
organization Teach for
America. If not, you should.
Not just because of the great
work that TFA does, but also
because of how it attracts and
develops talent. I believe the
Teach for America approach can
be a model for government.
